Okay, folks, gonna wind up '07 by going back to '37 or so with a buncha pics of my characters and such from the Spontooniverse (http://spontoon.rootoon.com). Let's kick things off with my cuddly cheetah bartender (and retired burlesque dancer), Rosie Baumgartner!

You may ask, "Hey, wait! Cheetah? Where's the face stripes?" Well... a) I thought she looked better without them and b) her grandfather's an elderly Yiddishe mountain lion.

"An elderly Yiddishe mountain lion?" you say.

Sure! Haven't you ever heard of an alte cougar?

(And, yes, Greaseman fans, she's named after THAT Mrs. Baumgartner.)

Art by the incomparable  karno.